Do MK operate battered freighters?
Well, Air Cargo News magazine shows an MK Airlines B747-200F "classic" with nosecone blasted off by hailstones in severe weather.
This is very similar in nature to the damage of the BMi Airbus last month enroute MAN.
Allegedly aircraft was descending thru FL150 enroute short sector AMS-LUX when it hit a nasty cloud bank. Hailstones the size of golf balls were reported by crew members.
Windshield reported to be grazed in addition to the nose cone damage.
Aircraft currently being/been repaired in LUX.
This in turn highlights some of the posts to my earlier thread of severe weather and squall around LHR a few weeks ago.
